Hi! This is Simia Yoder, a new Sightline Staff-person. But enough about me, and onto the subject of me. Four of these stories are true. One is creative misinformation. Which one? That is between me and the Devil…and the other members on staff. Comment below if you think you know the falsehood.
Ever since The Incident, I abhore travel by train. My family and I went to AZ last spring to visit my grandma. We had not gotten sleeper tickets, but despite this, the trip out was good. However, on the trip back my dad, who( unknown to us before hand) had stomach flu, vomited all over me. I wasn’t able to shower for 3 days, and it was the worst experiance of my limited existence.
For those who don’t know me, this may be surprising, but I followed American Idol religiously. I was so surprised that La’Porsha didn’t win last year, although I was rooting for Dalton all the way. (If you don’t know who these people are, there’s Youtube.) My cousin and I have debated about this show more than I care to admit. When I heard last year was the final season, I was crushed. What will cousin Grace and I bond over now?
I am a Ravenclaw. Harry Potter is my favorite book series, and as soon as I heard about Pottermore, the official Harry Potter website, I had
to take the quiz. To be honest, I was kind of hoping to be a Gryffindor, because that’s where the main characters come from, and I like to consider myself a protagonist. Ah, well, at least I’m still in the smart house!
On the subject of obsessions, I am a self-described fangirl. The main things I’m into now are: Welcome to Night Vale, a podcast that is kind of like the twilight zone but better (the picture is me as the main character Cecil),  Homestuck, a webcomic about the end of the universe that is over 9000 pages long, and Hetalia, an anime where the countries of the world are personified. This may change in the coming months, because new stuff is coming out all the time. Why is everything always so wonderful?
Lastly, I read Homer’s Odyssey when I was 10. I was in a homeschool co-op at the time, and was upset because I had been put into a class that was too easy for me. The class above me was studying Greek mythology, which included some stories from the Odyssey, but shortened versions for middle schoolers. Therefor I,  smug, know-it-all, annoyance that I was and am still, had to one-up them. What was more point proving than reading the unabridged version? (They still kept me in the easy class though.)  So Simia, past and present = narcissistic megalomaniac genius.
~Simia Yoder